Outspoken former Liberal candidate Katherine Deves has pulled out of the race to take the NSW Senate spot left vacant by the death of Jim Molan saying she wants to concentrate on legal work.
A group of Liberals launch an opening salvo in the bitter factional fight for the party's vacant NSW Senate seat, questioning the ethnic heritage of candidate Maria Kovacic's family in an unsourced smear message.
Peter Dutton, while conservative, is far more pragmatic than he is ideological. But in picking Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and vowing to actively campaign against the referendum, Dutton has put everything on the line, writes Brett Worthington.